| answer | (noun) a nonverbal reaction | - |
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| (noun) the speech act of replying to a question | - |
| (noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | Synonyms: reply, response |
| (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | Synonyms: resolution, result, solution, solvent |
| (noun) the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims | - |
| answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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| answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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| answerer | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: respondent, responder |
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| bittersweet | (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork |
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| (noun) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America | Synonyms: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade |
| chimneysweep | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweeper, sweep |
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| chimneysweeper | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, sweep |
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| forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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| minesweeper | (noun) ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines | - |
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| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| swearer | (noun) someone who takes a solemn oath | - |
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| (noun) someone who uses profanity | - |
| swearing | (noun) a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury | Synonyms: oath |
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| (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearword |
| swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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| sweat | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail |
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| (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sudor |
| (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface | - |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither |
| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| sweatbox | (noun) a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat | - |
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| (noun) small or narrow cell | - |
| sweater | (noun) a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body | Synonyms: jumper |
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| (noun) a person who perspires | Synonyms: perspirer |
| sweating | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation |
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| sweatpants | (noun) loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes | Synonyms: sweat pants |
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| sweats | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweatsuit, workout suit |
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| sweatshirt | (noun) cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity | - |
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| sweatshop | (noun) factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry | - |
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| sweatsuit | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweats, workout suit |
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| swede | (noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food | Synonyms: rutabaga, swedish turnip, yellow turnip |
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| (noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage |
| sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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| (noun) a movement in an arc | - |
| (noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
| (noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
| (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
| sweeper | (noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | - |
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| (noun) a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet | Synonyms: carpet sweeper |
| (noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) | - |
| sweeping | (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| sweet | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweetness |
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| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness |
| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: confection |
| (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: afters, dessert |
| sweetbread | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbreads |
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| sweetbreads | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbread |
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| sweetbriar | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbrier |
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| sweetbrier | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar |
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| sweetener | (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure |
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| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetening |
| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| sweetheart | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
| (noun) any well-liked individual | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
| sweetie | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, truelove |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart |
| sweetleaf | (noun) small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Symplocus tinctoria |
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| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| sweetness | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
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| (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence |
| (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: pleasantness |
| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweet |
| sweetpea | (noun) climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | Synonyms: Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea |
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| sweetsop | (noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: annon, sugar apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: Annona squamosa, sweetsop tree |
| swell | (noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | - |
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| (noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | Synonyms: crestless wave |
| (noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | - |
| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
| swellhead | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, egotist |
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| swelling | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, puffiness |
| swerve | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerving, veering |
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| (noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: yaw |
| swerving | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, veering |
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